Fertility doll "akua ba^" · Ghana, Fante · ID: 3037409
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Provenance
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, GermanyBrigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Size
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch
Description
light brown wood, remains of kaolin, adorned with strings of miniature beads, incised geometrical ornaments backside, eyes inset with white beads, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, plate
The object Fertility doll “akua ba^” with the object ID 3037409 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 87.
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Publications
Bofinger, Brigitte & Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 38